Supports a progressive income tax and extending the higher rate on top earners to fund schools. Opposes Prop 40, the billionaire wealth tax. Hasn’t ruled out raising taxes, and wants to tax corporations whose workers rely on public health care. Argues Hilton’s plan mostly helps the wealthiest and would force cuts to schools, health care and housing.

No state income tax on the first $150,000 of income, with a flat 8% above that. Opposes Prop 40. Would cap vehicle registration at $73 a year, abolish the DMV and scrap the $800 fee for registering a business. Says cutting bureaucracy and waste would make up the difference.

Backs the state’s clean-energy goals but is open to revising them if fuel and power become unaffordable, including the 2035 ban on new gas-car sales. Would declare an emergency to freeze utility and insurance rates, and has floated two free midday hours of electricity for low-income households.

Promises $3 gas by eliminating the state gas tax, repealing the Low Carbon Fuel Standard and increasing in-state oil production. Would end mandates that utilities buy solar and wind power, allow more natural gas production and aims to cut electric bills in half.

Would declare a housing emergency on day one to finance about 40,000 already-approved affordable units, push cities to zone for apartments, duplexes and condos, cut permitting delays, expand down-payment help and curb mass home-buying by large corporations.

Wants to “bring back the starter home” by cutting fees and rules on smaller single-family homes, capping government costs on a new home at $50,000, starting a state loan program for first-time buyers and blocking environmental-review lawsuits used to stop construction.

Would create ongoing state funding for rental help and prevention, publish a dashboard tracking state-funded units, clear encampments and hold local governments accountable. Says people shouldn’t stay on the street when offered shelter, but stops short of arrest.

Considers street camping illegal and says police should help clear all encampments. Would fund sober housing rather than only low-barrier shelters and overhaul how the state spends its homelessness money.

Son of Mexican immigrants. Supports regulating the border but says enforcement must respect constitutional rights. Supports California’s sanctuary law, which he defended in court as attorney general, sharply criticizes federal immigration raids and says he’d keep fighting Washington on the issue.

Would overturn the sanctuary law that limits police cooperation with federal immigration agents and says California wouldn’t obstruct federal enforcement under him, while aiming to “lower the temperature.” Would end state Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented immigrants.

Broke with Gov. Newsom and the state party to vote for Prop 36 in 2024 and says he would fully fund it, with court-ordered drug treatment as an alternative to jail. Leaves sentence lengths to judges rather than backing tougher sentencing in general.

Would reopen closed state prisons, reduce early release for good behavior and expand in-prison rehabilitation. Wants to loosen limits on police street stops and reduce restrictions on owning and using firearms.

Former U.S. health secretary. Has dropped his push for single-payer in favor of covering as many residents as possible. Would cut insurers’ administrative spending, require more telehealth coverage, fund health-worker recruitment and shield Medi-Cal enrollees from federal cuts.

Would end Medi-Cal for undocumented immigrants and redirect the money to lower costs for legal residents. Wants more insurers in the market and less consolidation among hospitals and clinics, though he hasn’t released concrete policies for cutting costs.

Says California’s education system isn’t well coordinated and supports earlier intervention and tutoring for students who fall behind. Opposes sending public school dollars to private schools and wants teachers paid as professionals.

Backs phonics and holding back third graders who can’t read at grade level. Would make it easier to fire teachers and convert schools to charters, and let families in struggling districts use public funds for private school.

Supports banning kids under 16 from social media. Wants the state to track AI’s effects on jobs, require AI developers to be transparent about its use in employment decisions, and use AI to make government more efficient.

Worries about kids on social media and AI widening wealth gaps, but won’t back regulations or bans and wants fewer rules to keep the AI industry growing here. Would encourage, without a law, a culture where no child under 16 uses a smartphone.